The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-17
FLORIDA.

| FLORIDA.
The water in Lake Monroe is slowly
rising.
Washington Thompson. of Brooksville, has
been granted a pension.
At Kew West over $500 has been sub
scribed towards the purchase of Rescue No.
| Is new engine.
Col. A NJ Thrasher has begun the cree
ton of a brick building on Palmetto ave
nue, at Sanford 1t will be 20x60 feet and
| two stories.
At Fernandina, Thursday, the base ball
game between the Leesburgs and Fernan-
| dinas resulted in a score of to II in favor
| of the latter.
| At DeFuniak Springs an attempt was
made by McSween, saloonkeeper of Ar
| gyle, aided by Lee Campbell. to establish a
saloon at this place. They secured a few
names to their petition but the good people
became aroused and circulated remon-
STRANGE, thereby getting majority of the
registered voters, which defeated the whisky
| men.
At Palatka, Wednesday, the firm of Gard
ner, Eaton & Co. was dissolved by mutual
consent, G. f. Eaton retiring from the firm
| The business of the old firm, with the excep-
tlon of the sale of orange boxes, will be car
ried on by Mr.. Gardner, under the name of
| Peter Gardner & Co. Charles F. Eaton has
| leased the warehouse on the Jacksonville
Tampa and Key West wharf, and will carry
on the orange box and supply business
The State Bar Association met at Gaines
| vile Thursday. 1t was called to order by
| Hon. B. B. Blackwell, temporary chairman
| OF the former meeting. G.. o. Hampton was
| of MeSsrs Sanchez, Stevens and Wall, was
appointed to report constitution and by
| laws and the meeting adj iourned to recon
vene at p. m At the afternoon session
the committee reported on the constitution,
which was taken up and adopted seriatim,
with few amendments. The evening SEES
| sion was taken up with adopting the by laws
| Ninety members are enrolled and thirty
three are present.
The chairman of the Board of County
| Commissioners, Mai Denham, Tuesday
brought to Eustis s., 100 public money from
| old Orange county, and turned it over to
| Ben Dowd, Treasurer of Lake county 1t
was the most of the portion agreed upon be-
| tween the Boards of County Commissioners
of Orange and Lake as due to Lake from
Orange There will be $1,000 to 81 900
| more coming to Lake. The boards were in
session at Orlando Monday and part of
| Tuesday arriving at the proper proportion.
| The Board of County Commissioners tor
! Osceola county were also in session with
| them, to get their allowance from old
| Orange.
l "
sonville Suburban and Real Estate and
Railroad Company has been formed in
Jacksonville, with the following officers:
President, Henry a. LEngle; secretary, C.
f. Adams; treasurer, W. A. Bisbee. Di-
rectors: ID. IT, Fletcher, G. 5. Borrower,
John G. Cooper, w. A. Bours and II. a.
| L'Engle. The company owns a large tract
OF land less than three miles from the court
house, near Moncrief creek, north of the
city, which is now being laid OFF into lots
and blocks, and the streets cut and graded.
preparatory to putting it on the market.
The company proposes to construct at an
| early day street-car line running out to
and through this property with view to
developing it,
The body of an unknown white man was
found in the st. Johns river, between Jack
sonville and Mayport, Thursday. The body
| was badly swollen and on the left side of
| the head above and behind the ear the scalp
was badly cut and torn, which indicated
that the unfortunate man had either been
foully dealt with or had been struck by the
| wheel of some passing steamer, while one of
| the ears had been eaten Off by the crabs
The man was plainly dressed in a wooden
| shirt, over which was q vest of dark material
| while the pants were made of "A similar ma
! terlal lie had on heavy boots the heels
of which had been badly worn behind. and
the bottom of his pants were stuffed in the
eggs of his boots. Those who saw hun wac
unable To form any idea of his age, ms the
hair had fallen off his head, all except few
locks bordering the mock, which indicated
that he was probably between 40 and 30
years Of age, as they appeared to be quite
gray, and, according 10 Capt Broward's
idea, he was dressed as most men of that age
would dress preparatory TO going 10 work.
As there have boon no recent reports along
the river of the disappearance of any one
the circumstances of this mans death remain
mystery, though it Is thought that the
| Coronel's jury may learn something more
! definite about him.
Mr.. Shuer, "A young man from Georgia.
who has becn engaged in the cedar business
( isalong the gulf coast for the past four years
/ trying 10 knock the crater out OF Fiorida's
/ mysterious volcano. He and Charles Moore
/ Of Wakulla county, came up 10 Tallahassee
/ last week with a bag full OF ante
4 diluylan animal bones which he
/ deposited with q. NJ Diclerson 10
/ be analysed for phosphates. Mr. shulsr
/ says that he mas ueen WORKING in the vicini-
/ " OF the supposed-to-be impenetrsbls Jun
! gle, N the midst of which Il lOcsted this un-
/ iathomehle mystery. and has noticed for
/ long time taat the huge column Of black
! smoke that rolled up sAyward during toe